wp plugin search

Searches the WordPress.org plugin directory.

Displays plugins in the WordPress.org plugin directory matching a given search query.

OPTIONS OPTIONS

<search>
The string to search for.
[--page=<page>]
Optional page to display.
---
default: 1
---
[--per-page=<per-page>]
Optional number of results to display.
---
default: 10
---
[--field=<field>]
Prints the value of a single field for each plugin.
[--fields=<fields>]
Ask for specific fields from the API. Defaults to name,slug,author_profile,rating. Acceptable values:

name: Plugin Name
slug: Plugin Slug
version: Current Version Number
author: Plugin Author
author_profile: Plugin Author Profile
contributors: Plugin Contributors
requires: Plugin Minimum Requirements
tested: Plugin Tested Up To
compatibility: Plugin Compatible With
rating: Plugin Rating in Percent and Total Number
ratings: Plugin Ratings for each star (1-5)
num_ratings: Number of Plugin Ratings
homepage: Plugin Author’s Homepage
description: Plugin’s Description
short_description: Plugin’s Short Description
sections: Plugin Readme Sections: description, installation, FAQ, screenshots, other notes, and changelog
downloaded: Plugin Download Count
last_updated: Plugin’s Last Update
added: Plugin’s Date Added to wordpress.org Repository
tags: Plugin’s Tags
versions: Plugin’s Available Versions with D/L Link
donate_link: Plugin’s Donation Link
banners: Plugin’s Banner Image Link
icons: Plugin’s Icon Image Link
active_installs: Plugin’s Number of Active Installs
contributors: Plugin’s List of Contributors
url: Plugin’s URL on wordpress.org

[--format=<format>]
Render output in a particular format.
---
default: table
options:
– table
– csv
– count
– json
– yaml
---

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EXAMPLES EXAMPLES

$ wp plugin search dsgnwrks --per-page=20 --format=json
Success: Showing 3 of 3 plugins.
[{"name":"DsgnWrks Instagram Importer Debug","slug":"dsgnwrks-instagram-importer-debug","rating":0},{"name":"DsgnWrks Instagram Importer","slug":"dsgnwrks-instagram-importer","rating":84},{"name":"DsgnWrks Twitter Importer","slug":"dsgnwrks-twitter-importer","rating":80}]

$ wp plugin search dsgnwrks --fields=name,version,slug,rating,num_ratings
Success: Showing 3 of 3 plugins.
+-----------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+-------------+
| name                              | version | slug                              | rating | num_ratings |
+-----------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+-------------+
| DsgnWrks Instagram Importer Debug | 0.1.6   | dsgnwrks-instagram-importer-debug | 0      | 0           |
| DsgnWrks Instagram Importer       | 1.3.7   | dsgnwrks-instagram-importer       | 84     | 23          |
| DsgnWrks Twitter Importer         | 1.1.1   | dsgnwrks-twitter-importer         | 80     | 1           |
+-----------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+-------------+

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GLOBAL PARAMETERS GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.

Argument Description
--path=<path> Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url> Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host\|container>[:<port>][<path>] Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docker”, “docker-compose”, “vagrant”).
--http=<http> Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id\|login\|email> Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>] Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path> Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--[no-]color Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>] Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>] Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet Suppress informational messages.

Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example, please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase.